GPU-Blast

GPU-BLAST is an accelerated version of the popular NCBI-BLAST (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) that uses general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPU). In comparison to the sequential NCBI-BLAST, GPU-BLAST is nearly four times faster, while producing identical results.

Availability & Restrictions

GPU-BLAST is available without restriction to all OSC users.

The following versions of GPU-BLAST are available on OSC systems:

VERSION

NCBI-Blast Version

GLENN

OAKLEY

1.0

2.2.24+

X

1.1

2.2.25+

X

1.1

2.2.26+

X

Usage

Set-up

To set up the environment for gpu-blast on Oakley cluster, do the following: